For Immediate Release:
January 14, 2009
Media Contact:
Melissa Bradley
928-854-1721
bradleycomm@frontiernet.net
FESCO LOGISTICS CARRIES SNOW GROOMER TO SAKHALIN ISLAND
AND ADDRESSES NEW CUSTOM’S PROCEDURES IN RUSSIA
SEATTLE, Washington – FESCO Logistics, a provider of worldwide logistics services and a division of
FESCO North America, announced today that it is carrying a BR 350 snow groomer from Granby,
Quebec to Seattle via Busan, Korea to Sakhalin Island, paving a new route to Russia.
“The advantage to using the Port of Busan as a transhipment hub versus Vladivostok is simplified and
expedited Custom’s procedures,” said Ralf Bremsner, Director of FESCO Logistics’. “Russian
Customs is in the process of requiring cargo arriving in Russia to clear at the port of entry, which can
be a challenge for importers located in remote regions such as Magadan and Sakhalin.”
The 19,000-pound snow groomer was loaded onto a 53-foot stepdeck trailer in Granby, Quebec and
trucked to Seattle, Washington where it was loaded onto a vessel today bound for Busan, Korea with
on-carriage to Korsakov, Russia (Sakhalin Island) via FESCO’s FKSL service.
FESCO Logistics recently expanded on FESCO’s monthly breakbulk service from Everett,
Washington by including fortnightly departures from Seattle and Vancouver BC with transhipment via
Busan to Russia. “From Savannah, Georgia and Los Angeles, we now offer RO/RO service
connecting in Yokohama to FESCO RO/RO vessels offering frequent service to Russia Far East
ports,” said Bremsner. “We have also introduced a monthly breakbulk service from Houston which
connects in Busan to our FESCO Korea Sakhalin Line service.”
“In addition to breakbulk, we offer a weekly oil and gas express service from Houston via Busan to
Korsakov and Kholmsk, including 45-foot containers for pipe and other oil-well related material on a
CFS/CY or CY/CY basis,” said Bremsner.
About SAKHALIN ISLAND (Wikipedia)
Sakhalin is the largest island in Russia, being 948 km (589 miles) long, and 25 to 170 km (16 to
106 mi) wide, with an area of 72,492 km2 (27,989 sq mi). Sakhalin is separated from the mainland by
the narrow and shallow Mamiya Strait or Strait of Tartary, which often freezes in winter in its narrower
part, and from Hokkaidō, (Japan) by the Soya Strait or Strait of La Pérouse.
Sakhalin is a classic "resource economy" relying on oil and gas exports, coal mining, forestry, and
fishing. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and economic liberalization, Sakhalin has
experienced an oil boom with extensive petroleum exploration and mining by most large oil
multinational corporations. The oil and natural gas reserves contain an estimated 14 billion barrels
(2.2 km³) of oil and 96 trillion cubic feet (2,700 km³) of gas and are being developed under productionsharing agreement contracts involving international oil companies like ExxonMobil and Shell.
About FESCO Logistics:
FESCO Logistics is a division of FESCO, a multimodal transport holding company and one of the
largest marine carriers and container providers in Russia. FESCO operates 64 vessels, 4 icebreakers
and 4 supply vessels.
FESCO Logistics carries containerized, breakbulk, project, RO/RO and flatrack cargoes for shipment
worldwide. FESCO Logistics manages all shipping and logistical needs for its clients between North
America and The Far East, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Korea, China, Australia, The Baltic regions, The
Black Sea and West Africa. Some of the cargo FESCO Logistics moves includes machinery, wind
turbines, construction equipment, rolling stock, rock crushing machinery and refrigerated cargoes
such as apples and frozen beef.
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